Example sentences of "[conj] i 'd [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the next day , afore I 'd gotten fettled up — for indeed , miss , I 'd no heart to sweeping an' fettling , an' washing pots ; so I sat me down i' th' muck — who should come in but Maister Weston ! |
| 2 | I opened my eyes eventually and took the compass out of my jeans pocket , where I 'd stowed it to have hands free for standing up . |
| 3 | I fingered the lump on my head where I 'd struck the drainpipe . |
| 4 | I did n't dare return to the-place where I 'd killed him because I could easily arouse suspicion . |
| 5 | Later I saw blood on my hand where I 'd grabbed him . |
| 6 | So I tended to stick with how things had been ; it was more comforting to think I 'd be able to pick up where I 'd left off . |
| 7 | That was the filthy coastal town smelling of fish oil where I 'd taken over the driving . |
| 8 | You er last time I saw you , you were I did n't know whether you 'd been starting up in er in photography but you had been next door I think or I 'd seen a lot of your stuff . |
| 9 | Or I 'd thought of getting a teaching qualification — maybe starting my own commercial language school . ’ |
| 10 | This shocked me 'cause I 'd left Antigua with no idea what colour prejudice was , no idea . |
| 11 | Those Marshalls sure sound great , ’ but although I 'd done the work on them it did n't really help me a lot . |
| 12 | I could hardly remember having muffins before , although I 'd seen the muffin man in his white apron , a towel over his arm and a tray of muffins every Sunday afternoon . |
| 13 | They must have come out of a back entrance to the flats and they were intent on avoiding somebody , although I 'd seen nothing suspicious when I 'd cruised down Seymour Place . |
| 14 | The problems of Russia suddenly became topical two years ago at school , and although I 'd grown up with a faint mistrust of ‘ Commies ’ , in 1988 I started writing to Murat , a young Russian . |
| 15 | ‘ And then , well , although I 'd felt that my outburst at the time of Simon 's death had wrecked our relationship , I found myself wondering if there was a chance of rekindling it . |
| 16 | It was awful , because although I 'd worn the dress all day , and stuck up for myself , I did feel bad about it ; they made me feel bad , sort of guilty , as if I was showing off my body . |
| 17 | I came across him when I was about 14 or 15 , and although I 'd played Chet Atkins-style fingerpicking before , it had n't occurred to me to use the bottleneck in conjunction with fingerpicking . |
| 18 | Although I 'd followed the progress of the King trial in the papers , it was only then that it began to hit home what a symbol he had become for the suppressed majority of my city . |
| 19 | We 'd been trying to see someone there for months , but although I 'd delivered petitions , I 'd never managed to get through the front door . |
| 20 | Although I 'd enjoyed Milly-Molly-Mandy : |
| 21 | Although I 'd rung on the Thursday and they said his kidneys were failing , it still came as a shock when they rang on the Saturday at 9.30 in the morning to say he 'd died . |
| 22 | So I used to go with him , and incidently he was a , he was very good on classical music , although we never went into this although I 'd got very close to him but I 'm sure he were brought up in an orphanage you know , and never talked about this but I 'm sure he was . |
| 23 | Although I 'd had me doubts before , I will admit . |
| 24 | To anyone who was claiming unemployment benefit or social security , which I do n't , I would imply that I 'd registered as ‘ outdoor clerical ’ or similar , and was n't it a disgrace they could n't find me a job ? |
| 25 | I had a bath , then had to wait to see this officer in charge , and because they read on my notes that I 'd barricaded , I was put on this wing like C1 . |
| 26 | The very stillness of his muscles meant that I 'd touched something he 'd thought hidden . |
| 27 | There was general approval that I 'd asked the right question — no one back in the newsroom realised how hard it had been . |
| 28 | This is not always the case , though — I once had a kestrel that I 'd decided from its plumage was a male and it turned out to be a female , and although this has never happened to me with a barn owl , I know people who 've made that mistake . |
| 29 | So I kept telling Vivienne and Bernie that I 'd lost the keys to my locker . |
| 30 | I was obsessed by new clothes to the extent that I 'd lost interest in something if it was more than a few hours old . |